Description

“A remarkable tour de force covering a vast span of time, different cultures, warfare by land and sea.” —Gunther Rothenberg

A history of war and warfare from ancient to early modern times, Larry Addington’s new book completes his survey of the patterns of war in the Western world. It explains not only what happened in warfare but why war in a certain time and culture took on distinct and recognizable patterns.

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Table of Contents

PREFACE

ONE. Ancient Warfare before the Age of RomePre-civilzed Warfare, 200,000-3200 B.C.Warfare in the Near East, 3200-500 B.C.Early Western Warfare: The Greek Way, 499-362 B.C.The Macedonian Art of War and Alexander the GreatAncient Warfare in India and China

TWO. War in the Age of RomeThe Roman Army, 509-146 B.C.Roman Expansion, Reforms, and Civil Wars to 29 B.C.The Army of Imperial RomeWar in India, China, and Japan

THREE. War in the Middle AgesThe Byzantine Struggle to SurviveFrankish Dominance and CharlemagneFrom Charlemagne to the Norman ConquestThe Age of the CrusadesMedieval Warfare at ZenithThe Mongol Conquests and Medieval RussiaThe Hundred Years War, 1337-1453

FOUR. Early Modern Land Warfare, 1494-1721The Wars for Italy, 1494-1559The Dutch Revolt, 1568-1648The Thirty Years War, 1618-1648The Early Modern Army in England to 1661The Age of Louis XIV and Peter the GreatThe patterns of Land Warfare, 1494-1721

FIVE. War under Sail and European Overseas Expansion to 1725The Early Sailing Navies and the Armada Campaign of 1588Navies of the 17th and 18th CenturiesEngland’s Rise to Naval SupremacyEuropean Overseas Expansion and Conquest

SIX. The Patterns of Neoclassical War, 1725-1789Land Warfare in the Neoclassical AgeThe European Navies in the Neoclassical AgeEuropean Wars of the Neoclassical AgeThe Neoclassical Wars OverseasThe Legacies of the Neoclassical Age